The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared

ISBN-13: 9780521597708 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str.

E. P. Hennock

Opis

A comparative study of the origins of the welfare state in England and Germany from 1850 to 1914. Peter Hennock analyses policies on social security and the public provision of medical care, dealing with public poor relief, industrial injury, with sickness, invalidity and old age, and with unemployment. He demonstrates that national insurance has played a larger role in Germany than in Britain from the beginning. The book will appeal to students and scholars of British and European political history, social policy and the welfare state.

Recenzje

'His style of prose is fluent and he succeeds in presenting his arguments succinctly but also convincingly.' The Historian

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Public Relief of the Poor: 1. The national framework; 2. The Urban Poor Law; Part II. The State and Industrial Injury: 3. Factory legislation to 1878; 4. German accident insurance; 5. British workmen's compensation; 6. Factory legislation to 1914; Part III. Sickness, Invalidity, and Old Age: 7. The friendly societies of England and Wales; 8. From Prussian Hilfskassen to German Krankenkassen; 9. Cash benefits, contribution and coverage in the Friendly Society Era; 10. German invalidity and old age insurance; 11. British old age pensions; 12. National health insurance for Britain; 13. Medical provision in Britain and Germany; 14. Contributions and benefits in the National Insurance era; 15. White-collar insurance; Part IV. Unemployment: 16. Unemployment policies in Britain; 17. Unemployment policies in Germany; Conclusion; Epilogue.